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During Rommel's first desert offensive and start of the [[Siege of Tobruk]] in April 1941, Rommel was often critical of his generals as well as the Italian Supreme Command, but praised the Bersaglieri on numerous occasions, such as the encircling action of the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment in the victory over the British Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Mechili that resulted in the capture of 3,000 Allied soldiers.

During Rommel's first desert offensive and start of the [[Siege of Tobruk]] in April 1941, Rommel was often critical of his generals as well as the Italian Supreme Command, but praised the Bersaglieri on numerous occasions, such as the encircling action of the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment in the victory over the British Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Mechili that resulted in the capture of 3,000 Allied soldiers.

That same month, the Bersaglieri fought successfully in General Ugo Cavallero's second spring offensive during the [[Greco-Italian War]], and defeated the Yugoslavian Army counteroffensive in Albania in the fighting for Skutari in April 1941.

That same month, the Bersaglieri fought successfully in General Ugo Cavallero's second spring offensive during the [[Greco-Italian War]], and defeated the Yugoslavian Army counteroffensive in Albania in the fighting for Skutari in mid-April 1941.<ref>"For 48 hours the Serbs have been moving in wave upon wave through rain and snow against Scutari, on the southern shore of a lake of the same name, only to be mowed down by Fascist machine-gunners and scattered by Italian airmen, war front advices said. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19410415&id=JHtGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ucMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1084,5315859&hl=en Serb Attacks Beaten Off By Italians, Schenectady Gazette, 15 April 1941]</ref>

During [[Operation Barbarossa]] (the invasion of Russia) in August 1941, the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment formed part of the vanguards to secure bridgeheads on the Dnieper and Don Rivers for the panzers units and supporting German infantry, a task which they carried out successfully and suffered heavy casualties defending during the Russian counterattacks in the [[First Battle of Kiev]].

During [[Operation Barbarossa]] (the invasion of Russia) in August 1941, the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment formed part of the vanguards to secure bridgeheads on the Dnieper and Don Rivers for the panzers units and supporting German infantry, a task which they carried out successfully and suffered heavy casualties defending during the Russian counterattacks in the [[First Battle of Kiev]].